Sitting here in a cheap and rather tacky hotel in the back streets of Köln after a day of listening to €urocracy, I can assure you that things would be considerably worse if organisations such as EAS and IAOPA didn't participate in EASA discussions!
However, EASA needs to understand that it isn't the Commissions special favourite by any means - so when I hear that anyone in EASA isn't taking heed of the Commission's statements, my alarm bells start to ring.
There is an element of 'Befehl ist Befehl' rife amongst some people at EASA which needs to be robustly challenged!